University of Wisconsin President Ray Cross on Tuesday asked the Legislature's budget-writing committee to approve a new public authority for the UW System, a "dedicated and stable funding stream" and to reduce the governor's proposed $300 million budget cut over the next two years.

Shortly after he finished his testimony, a handful of protesters burst into the room shouting, "No cuts, no deals." Followed by four Capitol police officers, the protesters marched past the table where Cross was sitting to give testimony before the Joint Committee on Finance.

If Park Bank is liable for not spotting Sujata "Sue" Sachdeva's $34 million embezzlement from Koss Corp. and has to reimburse the company, Koss Chief Executive Michael Koss should also be ordered to personally pay the public company he runs, the bank argues in a new lawsuit.

Grant Thornton, Koss Corp.'s former auditor, should also have to pay a portion of any award that may be ordered, Park Bank argued in the latest twist in a long-running court fight stemming from Sachdeva's massive embezzlement.

"Park Bank denies any and all liability to Koss in this case," the bank said in its action. "Nevertheless, should Park Bank be found liable to Koss (Corp.) and required to pay damages to Koss, in this case, those damages will have been the result of a common liability of Park Bank, Michael Koss and Grant Thornton, thereby entitling Park Bank to (a) contribution from Michael Koss and Grant Thornton."(6)

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Biggest fakers of soccer injuries? Men

As soccer fans, we are shocked, shocked to learn that some players might not really be injured when they flop onto the pitch. Now comes a study suggesting that women are less likely to fake soccer injuries than men.

"Injuries are common in women's soccer and seem to be on the rise at the international level," explained Daryl Rosenbaum, an assistant professor of Family and Community Medicine at Wake Forest Baptist and one of the authors of a new paper in the journal Research in Sports Medicine.

"The goals of our study were to determine the frequency of apparent injury incidents in women's international soccer and estimate what proportion of these incidents is authentic. It is clear from this study that female players don't fake injuries at the same rate as their male counterparts."

How did doctors conduct the study? They watched video recordings of 47 televised games from two women's tournaments and attempted to identify incidents in which a player behaved as if injured. Apparent injuries were determined to be "definite" if a player withdrew from participation in the game within five minutes or if bleeding was visible.

The number of injuries classified as definite was only 13.7% for women, but that was almost twice the rate for men, 7.2%.

The following video shows a selection of the most outrageous fake soccer injuries by men :

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